Following his acclaimed recording of the Saint-Saëns piano concertos with the Malmö Symphony Orchestra, French pianist Romain Descharmes reunites with the orchestra for works by Fauré and Poulenc conducted by Michael Halász. The centerpieces of this all-French program are Fauré’s Ballade and the Poulenc concerto, the former graceful and serene with a flamboyant “Liszt-ian” finale, and the latter clever, whimsical, …
Fauré & Poulenc: Works for Piano & Orchestra
Adrian Sutton: Orchestral Works
Following a devastating cancer diagnosis in September 2022, Adrian Sutton, the composer of the music for War Horse, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, and other National Theatre productions, made a conscious decision to change his focus, committing himself to working solely on music for the concert hall. This new album of world premiere recordings reflects his …
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Music composed by Adrian Sutton
Violin Concerto
“A Short Story”
“A Fist Full of Fives”
“War Horse” Suite
Five Theatre Miniatures
Magnus Lindberg: Viola Concerto, Absence, Serenades
Composer Magnus Lindberg (b. 1958) is one of Europe’s leading names in contemporary music. This new album by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and its chief conductor Nicholas Collon features some of the most recent orchestral compositions by Lindberg culminating with his new Viola Concerto, a performed by Lawrence Power as soloist. Lindberg was commissioned by the Rotterdam Philharmonic to …
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Magnus Lindberg: Viola Concerto
Magnus Lindberg: Absence
Magnus Lindberg: Serenades
Kraft & CPE Bach Cello Concertos
A short but stylish recording of two Classical era concertos composed 50 years apart. CPE’s B-flat major concerto feels related to the High Baroque, while Kraft’s C major concerto has more in common with Haydn’s D major concerto. The French cellist JeanGuihen Queyras along with the period instrument Ensemble Risonanz led by Riccardo Minasi wish to shed light on the …
Prokofiev Piano Concertos
Goodyear’s new recording features some of the greatest works in the repertory: the Op. 16 and Op. 26 Piano Concertos, as well as the Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat. According to his note in the CD booklet, the recording of this album, with its roots in the struggles of the 2020 pandemic, is inherently personal to Goodyear, as …
Playlist
All works composed by Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-Flat, Op. 83
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C, Op. 26
